Best Practices in Supportive Housing and Employment: The Employer's Perspective

CSH and Enterprise Present Best Practices in Supportive Housing and Employment: The Employer’s Perspective (Third in a Series)
Live Online Event
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
90 minutes beginning 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT

To truly be successful, an employment program for tenants of supportive housing must learn to cultivate positive relationships with employers.  Yet making the business case for hiring individuals with many (perceived or actual) barriers to employment—including criminal records, mental illness, substance abuse issues, and/or a limited work history—can be difficult and intimidating.  However, there is a strong business case to be made for why employers should hire your tenants– and it really works.

Hear from an acclaimed employment placement agency that works with employers to find jobs for “hard to place” individuals.
 

• Learn how to make the business case to an employer; how to answer the question: “Why should I hire him/her?”
• Learn how to work through negative situations and still maintain positive relationships with employers

Who should attend?
Anyone interested in learning more about developing relationships with employers, in order to achieve better employment outcomes for the tenants of supportive housing

• Rich Petersen, Director, Enterprise Community Partners, www.enterprisecommunity.org, rpetersen@enterprisecommunity.org 
• Mindy Tarlow, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO), New York, NY, www.ceoworks.org, mtarlow@ceoworks.org  
• A job developer at CEO 
• Employers who hire CEO clients

To participate in this Event
You must be able to be on the Internet and speak on the phone at the same time.

To Register
• There is no cost to attend.  Telephone for the audio is now toll-free!
• There is no pre-registration. 
• Self-registration opens 20 minutes before the start of the event.  At that time, go to http://webinars.enterprisecommunity.org/  where you will find instructions for registering for the event.  There is no other pre-registration. 

If you have any questions about the setup process or joining, please contact  resources@enterprisecommunity.org.
 
System Requirements:
You must be able to be on the Internet and speak on the phone at the same time.
Nearly all computers meet the system requirements.
 
PC:
• Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, 6, Mozilla 1.6 or later, or Netscape 4.7, 7.x
• JavaScript and cookies enabled in the browser

MAC:
• OS 10.2.x or later
• Internet Explorer 5.2 or Safari 1.1 or later
• JavaScript and cookies enabled in the browser

What are Live Online Events?
Online events involve participants gathering at a specific time on a specific Website to participate in an event, usually from their own desks.  The visual part of the presentation appears on participants’ computer screens.  This can involve slides, documents, web tours, and software demonstrations.  The sound for an online event is handled with a telephone conference call.  This enables verbal dialogue, questions, and answers.  To participate, you may use a PC or Mac computer.  You must have a Web browser, and Internet Explorer v. 5 or higher is recommended.  You must be able to be on the Internet and speak on the phone at the same time.